The Labour Market Effects of Payroll Taxes in a Middle-Income Country: Evidence from Colombia
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- Adriana Kugler & Maurice Kugler, 2003. "The labor market effects of payroll taxes in a middle-income country: Evidence from Colombia," Economics Working Papers 721, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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Keywords
minimum wages; payroll taxes; shifting; wage rigidity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2003-10-05 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2003-10-05 (Public Economics)
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